DLWAV CH19

The next day, Xiao Corporation’s victory banquet was held as scheduled. Guests arrived at Ruifeng Grand Hotel with extremely complex emotions upon receiving the invitations.

“Old Master Xiao, congratulations! With such a unicorn son, you’ll probably wake up laughing even in your sleep.”

“A tiger father has no dog son—truly a tiger father has no dog son!”

Before, they all said Xiao Ruize earning so much money was just luck. Now, it seemed the truly lucky one was Old Master Xiao.

Raising a pampered child the same way, raising a wayward child the same way—Xiao Ruize stayed silent until he shocked the world, but their own sons and daughters…

They glanced at the idiot beside them, excitedly replying to bad-influence friends on their phone: “This is the highest realm of being a playboy. I’ll definitely learn from Young Master Hai from now on.” They felt a pang in their hearts.

Old Master Xiao had long been beaming with joy. He never expected that just a few days ago he was still upset over Xiao Ruize lacking ambition and only wanting to be a playboy. Today, Xiao Ruize had given him such a massive gift.

Now, let’s see who dared mock him for being wise all his life yet ending up with a worthless bastard son! Who dared gossip about the Xiao family behind their backs!

As for Xiao Ruize still just wanting to be a playboy— If Xiao Ruize weren’t as capable, that’d be one thing. But now Xiao Ruize’s net worth was enough for him to swagger anywhere in China. So if Xiao Ruize wanted to be a playboy, let him. Even if he wanted to do drugs… well, that still wouldn’t fly.

Besides, with such ability, how could they say he was unambitious? That’s just geniuses having unique tastes.

Of course, the envy wasn’t just for Old Master Xiao—there was also Xiao Ruicheng. He was absolutely the world’s luckiest adopted son. Before this, everyone thought Xiao Ruize was deliberately sabotaged by Xiao Ruicheng to be ruined by Old Master Xiao, all to seize the Xiao family fortune.

But now, could someone as shrewd as Xiao Ruize be toyed with by a mere Xiao Ruicheng? (Noticing their pointed glances, Xiao Ruicheng, greeting guests with his wife and child behind Old Master Xiao: “…” Are you being polite?)

So the facts were clear. Xiao Ruize truly had no intention of inheriting the Xiao family, so he directly handed it to Xiao Ruicheng. But thinking back to when the Xiao family was in crisis, Xiao Ruicheng even prepared to sell his Ming Sheng Securities to help repay debts, they couldn’t help sighing.

Indeed, if Xiao Ruicheng had any character flaws, Xiao Ruize wouldn’t have given him the Xiao family. Facts proved Old Master Xiao was still good at raising children.

Thinking of this, at the Lin family estate’s dining table, Old Master Lin—who hadn’t attended the banquet due to enmity with the Xiao family—froze in place.

His proudest achievement had always been fathering a bunch of sons, who in turn gave him a pile of grandsons. Old Master Xiao, fighting him all his life, refused to keep mistresses or do surrogacy. In old age, he finally had one son, a worthless one at that, and most of the family fortune would end up with his adopted son Xiao Ruicheng, who had no blood ties.

Yet in the end, his most favored grandson Lin Hongshen could barely tie with Lin Gaolang only with his help. His most outstanding grandson Lin Gaolang was a white-eyed wolf, always plotting against the Lin family and opposing him. His other sons and grandsons, legitimate or illegitimate, were even worse—none worth mentioning.

In contrast, Old Master Xiao’s adopted son, though not biological, was honest and filial, more than capable of holding the fort. His biological son was a rogue, but his abilities surpassed them all.

Thinking this way, Old Master Lin’s face darkened further. He slammed his chopsticks down and vented all his anger on Lin Gaolang across from him. “What’s going on, Fourth? I heard from Vice President Zhou that your recent performance has been mediocre—you’ve botched several projects in a row…”

Hearing this, Lin Gaolang’s expression froze. He didn’t believe Old Master Lin was unaware of why those projects failed—after all, his personnel had all been pulled by Old Master Lin.

So when Lin Hongshen tripped him up, he couldn’t defend properly, right? But he knew if he dared retort now, the bowl beside Old Master Lin would smash over in the next second.

So he lowered his head under Lin Hongshen’s mocking gaze. “I was careless…”

As he spoke, he clenched his fists. Just wait—someday, he’d make Xiao Ruize, Lin Hongshen, and Old Master Lin all pay the price—

Just then, Old Master Lin’s phone rang. It was an old classmate calling. He said, “Old Lin, something’s happened…”

Time rewinds a few minutes. Ruifeng Grand Hotel. The financial sector people had arrived.

“Old Master Xiao, Mr. Xiao, Young Master Hai, congratulations.”

These people had no prior ties with the Xiao family—they came for Xiao Ruize. So Xiao Ruize, who had been slacking in the corner, had to come out to greet them.

Xiao Ruize: “Shared joy, shared joy.” After all, China’s financial circles had also made a fortune this time.

Hearing this, they couldn’t help laughing. Then the leading middle-aged man said, “Many colleagues are too busy to attend, so they only sent us few as representatives. Hope Young Master Hai doesn’t mind.”

Xiao Ruize: “Mr. Zhang is joking. Your presence already graces the Xiao family.”

Mr. Zhang continued, “Though they couldn’t come, they prepared a modest gift with us for Young Master Hai.”

He handed over a document to Xiao Ruize.

“Oh?” Xiao Ruize opened it and immediately raised an eyebrow. “3% of Lin Tech shares?”

Lin Tech and Lin Heavy Industries were the Lin Group’s two largest subsidiaries, contributing 80% of Lin’s revenue.

Mr. Zhang added, “Additionally, one colleague’s uncle is a major shareholder in Lin Tech. He wishes to sell his 12% stake in Lin Tech to the Xiao family at a low price.”

Hearing this, Xiao Ruize directly passed the document to Old Master Xiao. The reacting Old Master Xiao burst into laughter. “We love this gift.”

Not just because Lin Tech was worth over seventy billion yuan—this 3% was equivalent to 2.1 billion yuan. Most importantly, adding the 12%, they’d be Lin’s major shareholders, able to legitimately interfere in Lin’s operations.

Mr. Zhang and others immediately said, “As long as Old Master likes it.”

Hearing this, everyone’s minds echoed one phrase— The Lin family is in trouble!

Xiao Ruize also smiled. “You’ve all gone to great lengths. Thank you.”

“Only right, only right.” Mr. Zhang smiled. “Just hope next time there’s another golden opportunity like Country Y, Young Master Hai doesn’t forget us.”

Xiao Ruize smiled too. “Of course. After all, our cooperation this time was very tacit, wasn’t it?” He paused, then shifted tone. “But there won’t be such opportunities again anytime soon.”

Mr. Zhang and others were stunned, then followed smoothly. “Why do you say that?”

Xiao Ruize: “Because lately, no other countries have caught my eye.”

Hearing this, the crowd nearly snorted in laughter. Xiao Ruize’s words were arrogantly presumptuous. But the next second, they reacted. Because just days ago, Xiao Ruize had truly dealt with Country Y.

Wait—

Almost simultaneously, Mr. Zhang’s voice rang out. “You mean Country Y offended you, so that’s why you targeted their stock market?”

In an instant, everyone’s gazes fixed on Xiao Ruize.

Xiao Ruize: “Exactly.” He said, “Two months ago, all the data for Xiao Corporation’s lithium battery recycling technology—which took five years to develop—was leaked. The traitor was a Xiao Corporation vice president who fled to Country Y. But Country Y refused to arrest and extradite him back to China.”

“This marred our victory banquet today.” “Our old man was very unhappy.” “So I was very unhappy too.”

Hearing this, the guests erupted in another uproar. They’d never connected Xiao Ruize’s attack on Country Y’s stock market to this incident. Upon reflection, they gasped in shock.

Then someone blurted out: “The Lin family is done for—”

Thinking this, everyone’s gazes toward Xiao Ruize changed—awed by his methods. He was going to play the Lin family to death!

Once this spread, no one would dare mock him for having ability yet no ambition. After all, the Lin family would soon be a living lesson.

Qianshi’s skies had changed. Of course, this was the view of most people. Some had simpler thoughts.

“Suddenly realize Xiao Ruize is exceptionally handsome!” “Simply taking out the enemy’s backers along with the enemy—what a cool move!” “No, I mean Xiao Ruize is just very handsome!” “Yeah, why didn’t we notice how handsome Xiao Ruize is before?” “Look at his collar—bronze skin!” “Whoa!”

Hearing this, Zhong Chi in the corner couldn’t help looking up at Xiao Ruize, who was surrounded like the moon by stars. He wore a black shirt, one hand in pocket, thick brows slightly raised, sharp-featured face with a hint of nonchalance, his entire being radiating wildness.

His collar, as usual, unbuttoned at the top two, revealing the bronze skin below that others were exclaiming over…

Zhong Chi stared fixedly, heart pounding. “…Indeed very handsome.” Then, lips pressed, eyes flickering, he murmured in a voice only he could hear: “I want him.”

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